Llangan

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title: "Llangan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-the-vale-of-glamorgan", "communities-in-the-vale-of-glamorgan"] topic_path: "general/villages-in-the-vale-of-glamorgan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llangan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
coordinates
countryWales
official_nameLlangan
welsh_nameLlanganna
community_walesLlangan
unitary_walesVale of Glamorgan
lieutenancy_walesSouth Glamorgan
constituency_westminsterVale of Glamorgan
constituency_welsh_assemblyVale of Glamorgan
post_townBridgend
postcode_areaCF
postcode_districtCF35
dial_code01446
os_grid_referenceSS958775
population702
population_ref(2011)
static_imageSt Canna's Church, Llangan.JPG
static_image_width240px
static_image_captionSt Canna's Church, Llangan
module[[File:Wales Vale of Glamorgan Community Llangan map.svg
Map of the community
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| coordinates = | country = Wales | official_name = Llangan | welsh_name = Llanganna | community_wales = Llangan | unitary_wales = Vale of Glamorgan | lieutenancy_wales = South Glamorgan | constituency_westminster = Vale of Glamorgan | constituency_welsh_assembly = Vale of Glamorgan | post_town = Bridgend | postcode_area = CF | postcode_district = CF35 | dial_code = 01446 | os_grid_reference = SS958775 | population = 702 | population_ref = (2011) | static_image = St Canna's Church, Llangan.JPG | static_image_width = 240px | static_image_caption = St Canna's Church, Llangan | module= [[File:Wales Vale of Glamorgan Community Llangan map.svg|240px]] Map of the community Llangan () is a small village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located approximately 4 mi outside the market town of Cowbridge. As a community it contains the settlements of St Mary Hill, Treoes and Llangan itself. It is in the historic county of Glamorgan.

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Llangan became an important religious site in the late 18th century due to the work and preaching of its church's vicar David Jones, an early supporter of Calvinistic Methodism in Wales.

Notable people

  • Joshua Parry (1719–1776), a Welsh nonconformist minister and writer, born in Llangan.
  • David Jones (1736–1810), a Welsh Anglican priest, settled in Llangan in 1767.
  • John Prichard (1817–1886), a Welsh architect in the neo-Gothic style, born in Llangan.
  • Noel Forbes Humphreys (1890–1918), a Welsh rugby union international, born in Llangan Rectory.

Notes

References

  1. "Community population 2011".
  2. (2008). "The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales". University of Wales Press.
  3. {{cite DNB. Smith. Charlotte Fell
  4. Ellis, Megan. "John Prichard".
  5. [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/502470 Commonwealth War Graves Commission]

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